Which party has won the most council by-elections since the May 2025 local elections?
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The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI divides opinion in the media.
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Could the next Pope be a black progressive? Left Foot Forward looks at the favourites to take over from Pope Benedict XVI.
Young people locked out of property market
Young people are increasingly locked out of the property market due to rising prices.
Comment: French intervention in Mali is not colonialism. The Islamists really are our enemies
The French liberation of Mali from islamists should be welcomed by the left.
Welcome to James Bloodworth
James Bloodworth joins Left Foot Forward today as Assistant Editor
EU should intervene directly to revive manufacturing, say socialist MEPs
Socialist MEPs argue that the EU should intervene directly to revive manufacturing across Europe.
Construction workers may still be being blacklisted
There was a protest on thursday against the blacklisting of workers and some fear the practice may still be going on.
This week’s most read
The most read articles on Left Foot Forward this week.
Obama the drone President?
Obama: The drone President?
GCSEs u-turn: Wales welcomes “foolish and unhelpful” Gove as the “repentant sinner”
Welsh education minister Leighton Andrews has welcomed Michael Gove’s humiliating u-turn on GCSEs, declaring the education secretary a “repentant sinner”.